shawlandsstrathbungocc Planning and Licencing Applications

Use of land to rear Of 24-26 Tassie Street as car park

*Update* this application has been refused.

There is currently an application to use a small piece of land to the rear of Tassie Street, Carment Drive North Lane and Trefoil Avenue as a car park. The access to this is proposed to be from Tassie Street at the East End of Carment Drive North Lane.

Local residents in Carment Drive are united in their opposition to the loss of this informal green space.  A  local Resident from Tassie St has expressed concern about the potential damage to their building which is adjacent to the wall.  Another resident from the Kilmarnock Rd end of the lane, raised a concern about flood risk as there is already an issue with flooding. There are also concern about an incease in traffic and loss of privacy for neighbouring residents.

The reference for the application is 23/02602/PPP and you can view and comment on the application on the Glasgow City Council Planning Portal although we recommend that you email Planning.representations@drs.glasgow.gov.uk which is better especially if you have a long comment to make. We have a guide on how to make a planning comment which you may find helpful. The closing date for comments is Monday the 27th November 2023.

We are keen to know your views which we will use to inform our own comment on this application. Please email us – shawlandsstrathbungocc@gmail.com

shawlandsstrathbungocc Shawlands Arcade Development

Shawlands Arcade redevelopment – Phase 1 application approved

At a meeting of the Planning Applications Committee on Tuesday 26th September 2023 Councillors voted by 4 votes to 3 to approve the Phase 1 application which covers the area from Eastwood Avenue up to just before Sainsbury’s ; see the planning application 22/02778/FUL on the online planning portal . You can watch the Committee meeting on the Glasgow City Council webcast pages here

The Community Council had objected to the application mainly on the grounds of Housing tenure, Parking issues and Design & Heritage based on thousands of comments received from the community. You can read our full objection here

Four local Councillors have written a joint letter to the Scottish Government asking them to ‘call in’ the decision since they believe that it didn’t take planning guidance into account properly. We will keep you updated on the response to that.

shawlandsstrathbungocc Community Council Elections

Your Community Needs You – Our Interim Elections Spring 2026

Become a member of your Shawlands & Strathbungo Community Council and speak out on behalf of local residents on community concerns. We are seeking to represent the full diversity of our local population.

The general purpose of a Community Council is to ascertain, co-ordinate and express the wider views of the entire community within its agreed boundaries. They can complement the role of the local authority but are not part of local government, although they can be viewed as a localised tier of democracy.

We have Full Elections on Thursday 7th May 2026, Shawlands Bowling Club,1154 Pollokshaws Rd, G41 3QP  at 7pm.

As a Community Councillor you would participate in our monthly meetings and in our email group between those meetings.

There is more detailed information about Community Councils on the Glasgow City Council website page – see especially under ‘related Documents’ – ‘Guidance for Community Councils’.

To be able to stand for election:

  • You must be aged 16 years or over
  • You must reside in the Community Council Area 
  • You must be on the Electoral Register
  • You need to be nominated by two people who also live in the Community Council Area, must be 16 years or over and are not related to you in any way. 

If you do not reside in the Community Council Area you can be adopted as an Associate Member who is similar to an Ordinary Community Councillor but does not have voting rights.

Nomination forms can be downloaded by clicking the button below

Nomination form

Hard Copy Nomination forms are available at the following Libraries :

Pollokshaws – 60 Shawbridge St, Glasgow G43 1RW

Govanhill – 170 Langside Rd, Glasgow G42 7JU 

Pollokshields – 30 Leslie St, Glasgow G41 2LF  

We can also supply forms if you email or message us. 

These forms must be returned to Glasgow City Council by post to the following address or electronically by email to Community Councils :

Shawlands & Strathbungo Community Council Election

Kirsteen McKenzie

Communities Team

Glasgow City Council

82 George Square

Glasgow G2 1DU

Or deliver form in person to 40 John Street

The closing date for submitting a nomination form is Monday 27 April 2026.

Any questions ? please email us at shawlandsstrathbungocc@gmail.com

shawlandsstrathbungocc Planning and Licencing Applications

New application for ORO extension

The planning application for the site behind Oro, 85 Kilmarnock Rd, Glasgow G41 3YR, comprising a new building with 3 businesses and a courtyard, with access from Pollokshaws Road via a demolished unit, has now been dropped.

There is a new scaled-back planning application, for a revised rear extension to Oro over two floors, with a terrace/balcony area. The remainder of the area would include a further terrace area, a ‘Restaurant Sustainability Garden’, and a further area to be a ‘Community Sustainability Garden’.

You can look at the application on the Glasgow City Council Planning portal https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online…/search.do… using the following no. – 22/02250/FUL

Some extracts of the plans are below. The last date for comments is Monday 13th February. We will discuss the application at our next meeting on Thursday 2nd February.

We are seeking views from the community on the new plans – please email us at shawlandsstrathbungocc@gmail.com

shawbungocc Shawlands Arcade Development

Results from our survey on Shawlands Arcade redevelopment

We ran our survey (read that HERE ) from June till November 2022 and had 737 responses. The survey was posted out to 6516 addresses in the G41 3 postcode area. In addition it was sent out via social media to over 6300 people.The aim was to gauge what local views are on the current plans (see HERE) for the redevelopment of Shawlands Arcade, in order to accurately reflect these views in our dealings with the Council and the developers. We also used these views to inform our representation to the Phase One Planning application and the Planning In Principle applications dated  Thu 08 Sep 2022  . You can read our representation HERE and view the applications on the Glasgow City Council Planning Portal ; search with the no.s 22/02278/FUL and 22/02280/PPP

Here are the overall responses to each question:

1. Based on the key concerns that have already been raised with us about this development, please put the following in order of importance with 1 being the most important and 5 being the least important for you

21.10% of respondents thought that ‘The existing shops /organisations in the arcade should be able to stay’ was the most important concern while ‘The design should be in harmony with the surrounding buildings ‘ came second with 20.84%

We also allowed respondents to add further comments to the survey beyond the questions asked;29 of the 737 respondents made specific mention of concerns over tenure/need for social housing to be included.

2. To what extent do you agree with the following statement:

‘In order to tackle the potential exacerbation of the parking problem in Shawlands by the development, there should be permit parking in this area”

The results showed 22.66% Strongly Agreed, 23.63% Somewhat Agreed, 14.97% were Neutral, 12.23% Somewhat Disagreed and 26.51% Strongly Disagreed. This equates to 46.09% either somewhat or strongly agreeing with permit parking, and 38.74% either somewhat or strongly disagreeing with permit parking.

We also allowed respondents to add further comments to the survey beyond the questions asked, with132 of the 737 respondents who made specific mention of parking concerns, the highest of any topic.

3. In what ways should the development benefit the area and residents; please putthe following in order of priority for you with 1 being the most important and 5 being the least important for you

21.50% of respondents thought that ‘The development should help to support the Business Improvement aims for Shawlands’ was the highest priority  while ‘The development should help to tackle the climate and ecological crises by being climate resilient and enhancing biodiversity in the area’  came second with 21.41%

4. What would you like to see in the Public Realm areas of the development. Please tick all you would consider desirable

Here are the responses in order of popularity (% of total respondents in brackets) :

Planting/trees 648 (87.9%)

Seating           608 (82.5%)

Public Toilet    359 (48.7%)

Art/Sculptures 328 (44.5%)

Playpark          261 (35.4%)

Performance   220 (29.9%)

Space

Community

Notice Boards 181 (24.6%)

You can also read further suggestions for the public realm HERE

5. Any other comments

We grouped these according to comment type ( see that HERE) with the following groups being considerably ahead of the others in numbers of comments:

Parking 132

Buildings too high 36

Social/affordable/disabled housing needed 29

You can read all the comments in full HERE

We continue to welcome comments submitted to us by email – our address is shawlandsstrathbungocc@gmail.com